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The first two new Still MX-X very narrow aisle (VNA) trucks arriving in the UK will go into service with Midlands company Middleton Paper. Delivery of the trucks is expected by late July or early August.

C&V Data Management Services is using SSI Schaefer’s new Regal 4000 two-tier shelving systems to store more than 70,000 boxes and 250,000 open files at its records management and document storage facility in Lutterworth.

The world’s smallest and lowest-cost 13.56MHz RFID reader has been developed by Innovision Research & Technology, the RFID specialist. The RFID reader module, known as io(TM), is expected to have a unit cost one-tenth of existing readers

DTS Logistics has implemented two new operational systems to support its major retailer contracts. It has introduced flexible route planning to enhance and fine-tune the decision making process. The routeing and scheduling capabilities of Plan LogiX wil

Mercado, part of the Headlam Group, is one of the largest suppliers of floor coverings in Europe. The company has a new 14,900sq m regional distribution centre (RDC) built from a greenfield site and which is one of Headlam’s largest units in the UK.

Cannon Disposables has selected RedPrarie to provide the warehouse management system (WMS) that will manage warehousing and supply chain execution operations at its distribution facilities throughout the UK. The Dispatcher-WMS system is being introduced

Gazeley is buying the freehold of a vacant 100-acre site in Swindon for an undisclosed sum. The site, formerly called The Triangle, is currently owned by a consortium of private landowners and the deal is subject to Gazeley obtaining detailed planning.